Fed Up Canadian
The first-ever clinical trial on an injection-free microarray vaccine for children has just concluded. And those involved say it was “successful” at vaccinating kids as young as nine for both measles and rubella, using a small “patch” rather than a needle.
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta-based Micron Biomedical tested the new vaccine patch technology on children in Gambia. The microneedle patch, which looks like a Band-Aid, was applied to the kids’ bodies by simply pressing it onto the skin, penetrating the upper layer of their skin.
A study on the test was presented at the recent Microneedles 2023 conference in Seattle. The paper looked at the safety, immunogenicity and acceptability of a combination measles-rubella (MR) version of the vaccine from the Serum Institute of India.
According to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of which the Gates Foundation is a founding member, these microneedle patches are “the future of vaccination, where these lifesaving interventions are delivered painlessly, without the need for syringes or perhaps even trained medical professionals.”
it needs to be peer-reviewed by labs not associated with gates, the cdc, or the government.